GHOSTS OF FIFTY YEARS AGO

GHOSTS OF FIFTY YEARS AGO
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MY UNCLE AND AUNT ARE THE GHOSTS, but they were not yet deceased at that time. Aunt Dorothy would live another 21 years and Uncle Jim would live another 30 plus years.

Most of us boys built these carts and spent the entire summers painting them, numbering them and adding special features. I once used the visor of an old 34 Plymouth, a green plastic opaque visor, as a mini-windshield, We padded the seats; we installed old gauges from junkyard cars.

The ultimate appointment was the type of hood ornament we used.Chief Pontiac was the one that guided my cart down steep hills. One of the ultimate thrills of a cart driver was the "crash" where one could get up and walk away. It was a conversation topic that became more thrilling wth each telling.